EP 3235446 B1 20201202 - METHOD FOR OPERATING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Title (en)
METHOD FOR OPERATING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Title (de)
VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES CHIRURGISCHEN INSTRUMENTS
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN INSTRUMENT CHIRURGICAL
Publication
Application
Priority
US 201615131963 A 20160418
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP3235446A2] A surgical instrument is configured to compensate for battery pack and drivetrain failures. One method includes generating a firing sequence, determining whether a subset of rechargeable battery cells is damaged during the firing sequence, and stepping-up an output voltage of the battery pack to complete the firing sequence in response to a determination that a subset of the rechargeable battery cells is damaged. Another method includes generating a mechanical output to motivate a drivetrain to transmit a motion to a jaw assembly of the surgical instrument, activating a safe mode in response to an acute failure of the drivetrain, and activating a bailout mode in response to a catastrophic failure of the drivetrain. Another method includes driving a drivetrain, sensing and recording vibration information from the drivetrain, generating an output signal based on the vibration information, and determining a status of the surgical instrument based on the output signal.
IPC 8 full level
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A61B 17/068 (2013.01 - US); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01 - EP US); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01 - EP US); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01 - EP US); H02J 7/007 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 90/98 (2016.02 - EP US); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/0003 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/00075 (2013.01 - US); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/00154 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/2931 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/2943 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02 - EP US); A61B 2090/0808 (2016.02 - EP US); A61B 2090/0809 (2016.02 - EP US); A61B 2090/0814 (2016.02 - EP US); H02J 7/00714 (2020.01 - EP US); H02J 7/007182 (2020.01 - EP US); H02J 7/007194 (2020.01 - EP US); H02J 2310/23 (2020.01 - EP)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 3235446 A2 20171025; EP 3235446 A3 20180110; EP 3235446 B1 20201202; BR 112018071296 A2 20190205; BR 112018071296 B1 20230307; CN 109310427 A 20190205; CN 109310427 B 20211119; JP 2019520181 A 20190718; JP 6968869 B2 20211117; US 11350928 B2 20220607; US 11811253 B2 20231107; US 2017296173 A1 20171019; US 2019350582 A1 20191121; US 2022218332 A1 20220714; US 2024072560 A1 20240229; WO 2017184505 A2 20171026; WO 2017184505 A3 20180301
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 17166945 A 20170418; BR 112018071296 A 20170417; CN 201780036320 A 20170417; JP 2019505337 A 20170417; US 201615131963 A 20160418; US 2017027929 W 20170417; US 201916432319 A 20190605; US 202217708064 A 20220330; US 202318503623 A 20231107